| notch | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. notch | a V-shaped indentation.; "mandibular notch" |
| ~ incisura, incisure | (anatomy) a notch or small hollow. |
| ~ indentation, indenture | a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline). |
| n. (object) | 2. mountain pass, notch, pass | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ brenner pass | an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions. |
| ~ col, gap | a pass between mountain peaks. |
| ~ cumberland gap | a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west. |
| ~ defile, gorge | a narrow pass (especially one between mountains). |
| ~ donner pass | a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died. |
| ~ khyber pass | a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India. |
| ~ chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range, chain | a series of hills or mountains.; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" |
| ~ saddleback, saddle | a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. notch | a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface.; "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver" |
| ~ serration | a single notch in a row of notches.; "one of the serrations was broken off" |
| ~ thumb index | one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections. |
| ~ undercut | a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall. |
| ~ indentation, indenture | a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline). |
| n. (act) | 4. nick, notch, snick | a small cut. |
| ~ cutting, cut | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
| v. (contact) | 5. notch | cut or make a notch into.; "notch the rope" |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ indent | notch the edge of or make jagged. |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (communication) | 6. notch | notch a surface to record something. |
| ~ record, enter, put down | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
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